Doug Burgum suggests Interior's 'consultants' could be targeted by DOGE

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said his department will face scrutiny from the Department of Government Efficiency in the near future, specifically to eliminate unnecessary payments to consultants.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin detailed how he and the agency are seeking to claw back around $20 billion in grant funding, which Zeldin accused the Biden administration of rushing out. Burgum suggested that similar levels of waste could potentially be found in the interior department and that he and his team are “looking everywhere” for it.